Box-car.



i. IVI. L G. DOBBINS.

BOX CAR.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 26, 1915.

Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

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TESSIJE M. IDOBBIINS AND GEORGE DOBBJINS, 0F STOCKTON, CLFOEINIA.

BOX-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed October 26, 1915. Serial No. 57,937.

' and GEORGE DOBBINS, citizens of the United States, residing at Stockton, in the county of San Joaquin, State of California, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in BX-Cars; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanylng drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.l

rlhis invention relates to improvements in rolling stock used in connection with railways and particularly to freight cars of that type commonly known as box cars for handling freight, the object of the invention being to produce such a car as is especially adapted for use in connection with the handling of what is commonly known as local freight, being that freight which is handled on short hauls between adjacent cities, towns or stations.

'.lhe aim of the invention is to provide a box car having a plurality 'of individual compartments whereby the freight for a given city or station may be loaded into a single compartment instead of being mixed with a lot of miscellaneous freight for various points which is now the common practice. By the use of our improved compart ment car, the freight for a given point on the run can be #loaded into a single compartment and unloaded therefrom in an advantageous manner without having to overhaul a large shipment of mixed freight. 'lhe invention will not only save' a great dealof time required in the handling of the freight, but will also prevent a good deal of pilfering, since a small crew candispose of the freight, thus reducing the number of chances of loss by breakage, petty theft or similar causes of loss.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and 'inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly edective for the purposes for which 1t is designed. l

'lhese objects we accomplish by means of such structure and Vrelative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

lin the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure l is a side elevation of the eomplete car. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of one of the compartments of the car. Fig. 3'

is a sectionalview taken on a line 3 3 of Fig. l and showing in addition thereto the means'of connecting the compartments with the station platform, the compartment being also shown broken out and partly in section. Fig. 4 is atop plan view of one of the compartments. Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on a line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Referring 'now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the numeral l designates the running gear of the car which may be substantially of the same structure as cars now ordinarily used. Each end of the car is provided with a narrow compartment, one end of each compartment being sealed up as at 2, to allow of the hand grips 3 being secured thereto as required by law, the opposite end of such compartments being sealed at the lower side to allow of the single hand grip d being secured thereto, that portion above the lower end being provided with a hinged door 5 for access to the said compartments. lln those compartments to which access may be .had by the doors 5, may be stored any suitable material but preferably a plurality of division boards 6 for a purpose as will presently appear.

Spaced a short distance below the main ceiling 7 of the car is a secondary ceiling 8 forming between the said ceilings 'l and 8 an intermediate compartment 9 suitably boarded up for a portion of its length by suitable side boards 10, each end of such compartment 9 beingprovided with a sliding door ll provided with suitable seallng locks 12, which doors may open toward each other to allow of ready access to the compartment 9 from each end thereof. |lfhis compartment is for use in placing therein freight which is too long or otherwise misshapen for being received into the individual compartments hereinafter described, as, for instance, long iron bars, lumber and similar bulky freight.

Below the ceiling 8 the car is divided into a plurality of sections by means of transverse division walls 13, which sections may be of any desired size found most adaptable for the purpose for which the car is to be used. ln each of these sections thus formed is provided an independent boX or compartment lt, each compartment it being provided on its bottom with a pair of centrally llO :lock bars 18.

spaced rollers and a single swiveled roller 16 on each end, by means of which rollers the compartment may be readily moved out of its section of the car inone direction or the other, such compartments being pro-v vided with rings or eyes 17 which may be engaged by a suitable implement for pulling the compartment out vof the car. These individual compartments are given suitable designating numbers or other designating material, and on the way-bills the corresponding number maybe used to indicate for which particular station the freight carried by any particular compartment is intended. As is apparent, the freight for a particular station may be loaded into its special compartment where it will be carried independently of and without danger of confusing the same with the freight for 20 any other station. The compartments when mpositlon in the car sections may be suitably held and sealed lin place by means of When a station is reached and the "ffreight for that station is to be unloaded,

y the compartment holding the freight may be pulled out of its section in the car onto the vstation platform 19 and an empty compartment lput into place in the section from which the loaded compartment was removed. This can be done quickly and with very little loss of time on the part of the y' train crew and also enables a local freight to be operated with a much smaller crew `since it is unnecessary to'handle all the freight in order to segregate that for a given Y station. v

In the event that one compartment is' to b e used for handling freight for two stations, the division boards 6 may be inserted 1n grooves 68L disposed centrally of the compar ments 14 which will give two subdivisions to each compartment, the freight for one station being placed in one side and the freight for another station being placed in the opposite side.

The compartments 1'4: are provided with end doors 14.-St hinged at their lower ends and partments out of the car onto the platform 19, have formed in the edges of the bottorn floor 2Q ofthe car, longitudinal grooves 21 into which may be hooked flanged edges .22 on" platforms 23, which platforms will extend from the car floor to the platform 19 and over which the rollers on the compartments may be operated when the compartment is being withdrawn from the car.

The -center division boards 6 may be formed into two members hinged together, as at 6b, and held locked together when in position by suitable hasps or other suitable lock 6c. When these center'boards are to be removed the lock 6 is released which allows the two parts to be moved on their hinges 6b which allows of the removal of the boards 6 without sliding them vertically which would be more or less awkward.

In addition to the rings 17, the compartments may each be provided with end handles 24 by which the compartments may be withdrawn from their respective car sections.

The ceiling 8 overhangs at its edges, as at 8, to protect the compartments from the weather.

Each compartment may be constructed of suitable material to give it suicient strength and may also otherwise be made up according to requirements, as may be determined from actual use.

From the foregoing description it can readily be seen that we have produced such a device as substantially fulfils the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A box car comprising a ioor and ceiling, a plurality of transverse division walls between the Hoor and ceiling dividing the `car into a plurality of transverse sections,

an independent compartment removably disposed in each section, and an independent sealing bar for each section, extendingfrom the division wall on one side of the section to the division wall on the other side, such sealing bars holding` the independent compartments in their respective sectlons, as described. y

2. A box car comprising a ioor and ceiling, a plurality of transverse division walls dividing the car into a plurality of transverse sections, an independent compartment removably disposed in each section, each compartment having a hinged end door arranged to be opened for access into the compartment, as described.

3. A box car comprising a floor and ceiling, a plurality of transverse division walls dividing the car into a plurality of transverse sections, an independent compartment miami removably disposed in each section, each compartment having a hinged end door arranged to be opened for access into the compartment, such end doors being provided with projecting pins arranged to support the end doors when opened whereby the same may be used as a platform leading into the compartment, as described.

4. A box car comprising a floor and ceiling, a plurality of transverse division walls between the floor and ceiling dividing the car into a plurality of sections, an independent inclosed compartment removably disposed in each section, -the ends of said in closed compartments forming the side Walls of the car when all the compartments are in their respective sections, such ends being hinged whereby they may be opened for allowing access to the interior of the compartments, as described.

In testimony whereof We aHiX our signatures.

JESSIJE M. DUBBllNS. GJERGE DOBBINS. 

